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The Serbian Radical Party in the 1st stage of development of so called 5th October republic: the path of the Radical Party from the Milošević regime fall to winning 2003 general elections
Pashkevich, Mikhail ; Pelikán, Jan (advisor) ; Moskovič, Boris (referee)
The diploma thesis will analyse the activities of the Radical Party of Serbia (SRS) in the period following the fall of Slobodan Milosević on October 5, 2000 as a result of mass protests till the parliamentary elections in 2003, when the party won the most seats in the Serbian parliament. The victory of the SRS did not become an isolated incident, but, as it turned out later, represented the beginning of a new trend in Serbian politics: the consolidation, reformatting and return of nationalist forces, which later adopted pro-European rhetoric. The aim of the thesis is, first of all, to determine the reasons and premises of the return, secondly to describe the communication strategy of the SRS in the years 2000-2003, which allowed the party to elaborate an effective electoral message under severely unfavourable conditions. To achieve these aims, the following questions will be examined in particular: 1. Whether the renaissance of the Serbian Radical Party's influence does not reflect the fact that the fall of Milosević's administration did not mean a major turning point in Serbia's political development 2. How broad was the support of the nationalist program in Serbian society during the rule of Milosević and after his fall. 3. To what extent was the SRS ready to take on the role of leader of the...
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History as an argument. Disputes about interpretation of the past in Montenegrin political debate during the Independence Referendum, 2006.
Pashkevich, Mikhail ; Vojtěchovský, Ondřej (advisor) ; Pelikán, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with using history as a tool of political marketing and communication in the campaign before Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006. Namely, it is referring to usage of historical past topics in discussions and agitation of antagonistic blocs: "For European Montenegro", which was promoting independence, and "For maintaining the state union of Serbia and Montenegro", calling to retain state union with Serbia respectively. The subject of research is the interpretation of Montenegrin history's key persons and events, to which both of blocs resorted for backing their arguments: Petr II. Petroviće Njegoše, the King Nikola I., the annexation of Montenegro to Serbia in 1918, conflict of partisans and Chetniks during WWII, evaluation of socialists Yugoslavia, the role and responsibility of Montenegro in wars following the breakup of Yugoslavia, evaluation of Slobodan Milošević's policy, interethnic relations in Montenegro in the 19th and the 20th centuries. Particular focus of this thesis is given to impact of tribal and family memory, ancestors legacy on adopting a stance towards idea of independence and understanding of Montenegrin identity.
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